Kurdish journalist gets conditional bail

Family and supporters have wept tears of joy after a Kurdish journalist, charged with being a member of a listed terrorist group, was granted bail by a Sydney judge.

Renas Lelikan, 38, appeared via video link in the NSW Supreme Court on Friday, when Justice Natalie Adams granted bail with conditions including the deposit of security for the payment of $1.5 million.

Supporters of Lelikan, who is accused of belonging to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), filled the court room to hear the outcome.

Justice Adams did not publish the reasons for her decision, giving both the crown and Lelikan's lawyer seven days in which to apply for them to be suppressed.

The case returns to Parramatta Local Court on November 24 but the judge agreed to his lawyer's request for Lelikan not to attend due to fears he may be targeted after his contact with IS members.

Conditions of the bail include Lelikan not applying for or obtaining a passport, reporting daily to police and a nightly curfew between 8pm and 8am.